Vice President of Zoological Health & Chief Veterinarian 

Wildlife Conservation Society: Bronx Zoo

WCS's goal is to conserve the world's largest wild places in 14 priority regions, home to more than 50% of the world's biodiversity. The challenges are greater than ever, but with the focus, dedication, and passion of a committed staff—combined with a unique mixture of field, zoo, and aquarium expertise—WCS will continue to set the bar for science, conservation action, and education that has driven our success in protecting wildlife and wild places for over a century.

• Support the Executive Vice President & General Director with Z&A Division initiatives, activities, communications, reports, operations, and priorities including chairing the WCS Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).
• Responsible for overseeing all ZHP activities including veterinary care, pathology, quarantine, administration; staff supervision; budget development and management; development and implementation of relevant policies and procedures; and ZHP facility operations.
• Oversee the development of the ZHP operating and capital budgets and ensure that ZHP managers work within approved budgets.
• Develop and implement veterinary protocols and procedures that meet or exceed USDA, AZA, and AAZV guidelines and standards.
• Support animal department activities by regularly communicating with curators and ensure that appropriate, timely, and high-quality veterinary care, quarantine, clinical and pathology diagnostic testing, and other services are provided as needed.
• Maintain veterinary licensure, competency, and knowledge of current information and procedures in zoological and wildlife medicine, and wherever appropriate, incorporate new advances into the ZHP to enhance animal care and well-being. Ensure ZHP staff also maintain and utilize current knowledge of advances in veterinary medicine.
• Actively participate in clinical cases and be fully informed of ongoing animal health issues and c;oncerns across the Bronx Zoo, City Zoos, and the Aquarium.
• Maintain an active clinical case load as appropriate to maintain competency while fulfilling other position responsibilities.
• Be the veterinarian of record on all health-related regulatory permits and licenses and primary point of contact for city, state, and federal animal health matters. Permit holder of record for CITES, USDA, and CDC sample import permits.
• Establish and maintain proactive preventive health care and quarantine programs. Regularly assess current protocols and investigate and implement new preventive health and quarantine procedures to ensure a more efficient and sound program.
• Coordinate with Global Resources for donor recruitment, managing relationships, communications, proposals, reports, and stewardship. Provide and facilitate donor and other tours.
• Assume and maintain a leadership role in AZA and AAZV to ensure WCS concerns related to animal health are established and addressed.
• Maintain a working knowledge of ZlMS by Species360.
• Represent the organization with the media in relation to zoological medicine and veterinary care of the zoo and aquarium collections and/or other matters as requested.
• Represent WCS, especially in animal health areas, at local, national, and international professional organizations and meetings.
• Participate, as appropriate, in conferences, workshops, professional organizations, local and/or international projects and activities, research, and publications/presentations.
• As needed, coordinate with, and support the Global Conservation Program's Health Program activities and collaborations.
• Be an active member of Z&A's Emergency Response Team.
• Perform other duties as needed.

About Wildlife Conservation Society: Bronx Zoo

WCS's goal is to conserve the world's largest wild places in 14 priority regions, home to more than 50% of the world's biodiversity. The challenges are greater than ever, but with the focus, dedication, and passion of a committed staff—combined with a unique mixture of field, zoo, and aquarium expertise—WCS will continue to set the bar for science, conservation action, and education that has driven our success in protecting wildlife and wild places for over a century. WCS stands for wildlife and wild places. As the world’s premier wildlife conservation organization, WCS has a long track record of achieving innovative, impactful results at scale. We run field programs spanning 60 countries and the entire ocean. We build on a unique foundation: Our reach is global; we discover through best-in-class science; we protect through work on the ground with local and indigenous people; we inspire through our world-class zoos, aquarium, and education programs; and we leverage our resources through partnerships and powerful policy influence. Our more than 4,000 diverse, passionately committed team members in New York City and around the world work collectively to achieve our conservation mission.

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